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March 27, 2019
A West Papua Liberation Army unit in the Nduga regency, Papua, earlier this month. Image: RNZ file By RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has called for an end to violence in Indonesia’s Papua province. Peters was responding to a letter from a representative of the West Papua Liberation Army, which is waging ... <a title="Violence in Papua must end before talks, says NZ Foreign Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/violence-in-papua-must-end-before-talks-says-nz-foreign-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Violence in Papua must end before talks, says NZ Foreign Minister">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After more than two decades, Jenny Macklin is in her final days as a Labor MP. Her legacies from her time as a Labor minister include parental leave and the landmark National Disability Insurance Scheme. In this podcast she tells ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jenny Macklin on inequality and Labor values" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jenny-macklin-on-inequality-and-labor-values-114366/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jenny Macklin on inequality and Labor values">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Director, Homicide Research Unit/Deputy Director, Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith University Al Jazeera’s undercover investigation into the US National Rifle Association (NRA) has gained international headlines, partly because of One Nation political wannabes drunkenly bragging about how important they could be if only they ... <a title="Guns, politics and policy: what can we learn from Al Jazeera’s undercover NRA sting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/guns-politics-and-policy-what-can-we-learn-from-al-jazeeras-undercover-nra-sting-114291/" aria-label="Read more about Guns, politics and policy: what can we learn from Al Jazeera’s undercover NRA sting?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Collins, PhD Candidate in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is currently looking to expand the list of medicines available “over the counter” – that is, via a pharmacist without a prescription. If these changes get off the ground, we could soon ... <a title="Making more drugs available ‘over the counter’ would be a win for the public and the health care system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/making-more-drugs-available-over-the-counter-would-be-a-win-for-the-public-and-the-health-care-system-113453/" aria-label="Read more about Making more drugs available ‘over the counter’ would be a win for the public and the health care system">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Natusch, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University We are all familiar with the concept of “fake news”: stories that are factually incorrect, but succeed because their message fits well with the recipient’s prior beliefs. We and our colleagues in conservation science warn that a form of this ... <a title="Banning exotic leather in fashion hurts snakes and crocodiles in the long run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/banning-exotic-leather-in-fashion-hurts-snakes-and-crocodiles-in-the-long-run-114173/" aria-label="Read more about Banning exotic leather in fashion hurts snakes and crocodiles in the long run">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Willsteed, Lecturer, School of Media, Entertainment, Creative Arts, Music and Sound, Queensland University of Technology Pick your day — dark, rainy, lamps on — let those songs fill the room, and you’ll be lost in the most beautiful fog in the world. Stop all the clocks, ... <a title="Scott Walker has gone but his voice will drift with us into the twilight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/scott-walker-has-gone-but-his-voice-will-drift-with-us-into-the-twilight-114299/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Walker has gone but his voice will drift with us into the twilight">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Analysis by Keith Rankin As the public (and many economists) see it, economic growth (growth of Real GDP; marketed economic output) is the principal economic goal of a nation state. Some economists hold a (slightly) more nuanced view – for them it is productivity growth that matters – but when pressed they cannot conceive of ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart for the Month – Productivity Contradictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/keith-rankins-chart-for-the-month-productivity-contradictions/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart for the Month – Productivity Contradictions">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 27 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Royal Commission, role of spy agencies RNZ: More NZers under surveillance: Andrew Little authorises spy agencies to do more ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 27 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-27-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 27 2019">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Parker, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne Smart speakers equipped with digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa are now the fastest-growing consumer technology since the smartphone. Nearly 100 million were sold in 2018 alone, a threefold increase on the year before. And nowhere ... <a title="Smart speakers are everywhere — and they’re listening to more than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/smart-speakers-are-everywhere-and-theyre-listening-to-more-than-you-think-114018/" aria-label="Read more about Smart speakers are everywhere — and they’re listening to more than you think">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s appalling, sinister and faintly ludicrous that Pauline Hanson’s right-hand man James Ashby and former Queensland MP Steve Dickson played footsie with the American gun lobby, talking up One Nation’s book, trailing their coats for gun or any other gold. ... <a title="View from The Hill: James Ashby rocks a few boats, including his own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/view-from-the-hill-james-ashby-rocks-a-few-boats-including-his-own-114324/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: James Ashby rocks a few boats, including his own">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catharine Phillips, Acting Superintendent, Karnet Prison Farm, Edith Cowan University I’ve spent many years working within the prison system, in minimum and maximum security facilities, with adults and juveniles, men and women. I often hear people say that people who commit crimes, particularly serious crimes, should be ... <a title="The inside story on crime within prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/the-inside-story-on-crime-within-prison-114075/" aria-label="Read more about The inside story on crime within prison">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Medlyn, Professor, Western Sydney University Most citizen science initiatives ask people to record living things, like frogs, wombats, or feral animals. But dead things can also be hugely informative for science. We have just launched a new citizen science project, The Dead Tree Detective, which aims ... <a title="Are more Aussie trees dying of drought? Scientists need your help spotting dead trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/27/are-more-aussie-trees-dying-of-drought-scientists-need-your-help-spotting-dead-trees-113756/" aria-label="Read more about Are more Aussie trees dying of drought? Scientists need your help spotting dead trees">Read more</a>
